“There are many franchisors who continue to be registered in California [with the state government, allowing them to sell franchises] despite having pages of disclosures about concluded litigation holding them liable for fraud, embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or misappropriation of property.”

Is Fatburger going under? Fatburger, the main affiliate of Andy Wiederhorn's Fog Cutter Capital Group, has missed numerous loan payments, been evicted from stores and received other unhappy demands from creditors.